Cabinet



D. C. WILLIAM-S.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1920.

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CABINET.

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Patented N ov. 9,1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID (J.y WILLIAMS, OF ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BALLOU, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

RUSSELL A.

CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application filed January 26, 1920. Serial No. 354,231.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID C. IVILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resi dent of Arlington, in the county of MiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cabinets and more especially to cabinets of the, talkingmachine type. The object of my invention is to provide a cabinet that may be assembled quickly and accurately so as greatly to reduce the cost of the same.

It is a matter of experience that threecompartment talking-machine cabinets of the prior art require from four to ve hours of skilled labor for assembling the parts thereof, whereas I have demonstrated that the cabinet which constitutes the subject matter of the present invention may be assembled by unskilled labor in less than fifteen minutes, thus effecting a saving of between four and iive dollars.

My invention comprises sectional posts which are formed with mathematical accuracy on a turning lathe, each section of each post being connected to its adjacent section by suitable attaching means, such for example, as dowel screws. Horizontal partitions are arranged between each pair of adjacent sections, the surfaces of which are normal to the axis of the post, so that said partitions will automatically be in absolute parallelism. Side plates forming the several compartments are arranged between the horizontal partitions and the corresponding sections of the posts, said partitions and posts preferably being grooved to receive said plates.

One embodiment of my invention that has given good results in practice is shown in the accompanying drawings, although it will be understood that various modifications in the precise details illustrated may be made without departing from the scope of my invention as set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a talkingmachine cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the sound chamber taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. e

is a horizontal section of the record compartment taken on the line 4-4L of Fig. 2. F 1g. 5 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on the line 6&6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

In the particular drawings selected for more fully disclosing the principle of my invention 1 represents the record compartment 'of a talking-machine cabinet, 2 the sound chamber and 3 the turn-table compartment. Arranged at the four corners of the cabinet are vposts accurately formed on a turning lathe preferably by means of a revolving pattern in a manner well understood by those skilled in the art of wood work. Each post comprises several sections, shown in the present instance at et, 5 and 6, although it will be understood of course that I Vdo not limit myself to any particular number.

One member of each pair of sections is bored axially to receive a reduced axial portion of the coperating section. In the present instance the upper ends of the sections t and 5 are bored and the lower ends of the sections 5 and 6 are provided with reduced axial .portions 5 and 6', respectively, although it will be clear that this arrangement might be reversed. The reduced axial portions 5', 6 are longer than the bores in which they are received so as to provide a space between each pair of sections for the horizontal partitions 7, 8.

Each partition is bored near its corners to receive one of the reduced portions 5', 6', as shown at 9, 10.

The posts are provided with longitudinal grooves 11, 12 arranged ninety degrees apart for receiving the vertical edges of the side plates 13. The horizontal partition 7 is provided with grooves 14 on its upper surface for receiving the lower edges of the side plates, while the partition 8 is provided with similar grooves on both surfaces for receiving the upper edges of the plates 13 and the lower edges of the plates 15. In like manner the horizontal partition 16 is grooved to receive the upper ed es of the plate 15.

n order to connect each pair of post sections together I prefer to use dowel screws l?, one end of which is threaded into the reduced portion of one of the post sections,

and the other screwed into the coperating section by turning the other section until the partitions are lirmly clamped betweenV whichV receive the` same and the top partition or plate 16 is attached to the section 6 by the screws 18 or other suitable means.

Inasmuch as the parts making up my 'im- Y proved cabinet are all formed by machinery and no particular skill is required toV assemble the same, itwill be--obvious that the cost of assembling such cabinet is muchless than where the methods now in vogue are pursued. l

Having thus described an illustrative embodiment of my invention, without however limiting the saine to the details thereof, what IY claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A talking-machine cabinet, comprising our posts each having three sections, the lowermost section of each post being axially bored'to receive a reduced axial portion of the section next above Vand the middle sec-V tion of each post being axially bored to receive a reduced axial portion of the upper inost'section, dowel screws connecting each section of each -post with its adjacent section, horizontal partitions between each pair of sections of said posts, the said reducedaxial portions of said sections of said posts 2. A talking-machine cabinet, comprisingY r'our posts each having three sections, one

end of the lowermost and middle sections of each post being axially bored to receive a reduced axial portion of the adjacent section, dowel screws connecting each section of each post with its adjacent section, horizontal partitions between each pair of sections of said posts, the reduced axial portions of said sections of saidposts passing through holes Vnear the corners of said partitions and side plates iitting into grooves in said posts and partitions.

3. A cabinet,comprising sectional posts, one end of a section of each post being axially'bored to receive a reduced axial por tion of the adjacent section, means connecting each section of each post with itsadjacent section, horizontal partitions between each pair of sections of said posts, said re duced axial portion passing through holes near the corners oi' said partitions, and side plates copeiatingwithsaid posts and partitions. s f

4. A talking-machine cabinet, comprising four posts eachi having three sections, one end of the lowermost and middle sections of each post being axially bored to receive a reduced axial portion of the adjacent section, means connecting each section of each post with its adjacent section, horizontal partitions between each painof sections'of said posts, the reduced axial portions ofsaid posts passing through holes near the corners of said partitions and side plates itting into grooves in said posts and partitions. Y ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 21st day of J anuary 1920'.

DAVID o. WILLIAMS. 

